Chet Smolski, Rhode Island College

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Date

6-1969

Description

The Moyenne Corniche connects Mento to Nice and runs through the Côte d’Azur (English: French Riviera) and is named such because it is the middle cliff road between a higher and lower road. The French Riviera has long been the vacation land and playground for the rich and powerful, beginning in the 18th century as a winter resort for British aristocrats and expanding when the railway was introduced in the 19th century. The residence seen in this photograph (made in 1969) is typical of the villas in the Côte d’Azur. According to Smolski, this photograph was taken somewhere on the Moyenne Corniche between Nice and Monaco.

Notes

http://www.riviera.fr/cornich.htm (accessed 7 June 2012)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Riviera (accessed 7 June 2012)

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This object from the Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, housed by the Rhode Island College Special Collections, and any of its digital surrogates are the intellectual property of Rhode Island College. This digital object is protected by copyright and/or related rights. The digital material presented here is licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This content can be used, shared, or adapted for educational and scholarly purposes. For permissions to use this item please contact digitalcommons@ric.edu. All uses must include appropriate attribution.

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Photographer

Recommended Citation

Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.

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Keywords

street scene; roads; dwellings; tourism; resort; Frence Riviera; Côte d’Azur;

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